Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.

Ford Motor Company Limited

Other

Visteon Global Tech., Inc

Ross Dykstra Pursifull

Joseph Norman Ulrey

Gopichandra Surnilla

Ralph Wayne Cunningham

Michael James Uhrich

Joseph Lyle Thomas

Donald James Lewis

Thomas George Leone

John David Russell

Joseph F Basmaji

Mark Meinhart

Rani Kiwan

Robert Roy Jentz

John Eric Rollinger

Allan Joseph Kotwicki

David Oshinsky

Paul Hollar

Imad Hassan Makki

Alex O'Connor Gibson

William Charles Ruona

Timothy Joseph Clark

Pankaj Kumar

Eric A Luehrsen

Stuart C Salter

Paul Kenneth Dellock

Mark Allen Dearth

Samuel James Guido

Ed Badillo

David Karl Bidner

Nate Trask

Allan J Lippa

Hao Zhang

David Brian Glickman

Brad Alan VanDerWege

Charles Francis Weber

James Michael Kerns

Mark W Peters

Michael Howard Shelby

Michael Damian Czekala

Ethan D Sanborn

Paul Zeng

Allan Roy Gale

Adam Nathan Banker

Gregory Michael Pietron

Yuji Fujii

Larry Dean Elie

Mohannad Hakeem

Seung-Hoon Lee

Michael Mcquillen

Guoming Zhu

Roger Lyle Huffmaster

Todd Anthony Rumpsa

Peter John Grutter

Daniel Dusa

John Anthony DeMarco

Adithya Pravarun Re Ranga

Ulrich Kramer

Yong-Wha Kim

John Robert Van Wiemeersch

Jeffrey Allen Doering

Daniel Joseph Styles

Richard E Soltis

Mrdjan J Jankovic

Gregory McConville

Dequan Yu

Diana D Brehob

Giovanni Cavataio

James Alfred Hilditch

Zhengyu Dai

Scott Alan Bohr

Christopher Paul Glugla

Kristopher Karl Brown

Robert Walter McCabe

Imtiaz Ali

Nicholas Dashwood Crisp

Yang Xu

James Richard Rauch

Steven Schwochert

Kenneth James Miller

Annette Lynn Huebner

Michael John Cullen

John Ottavio Michelini

Brad Alan Boyer

Daniel A Makled

Tobias John Pallett

Joshua R Wheeler

Mario Anthony Santillo

Dilip B Patel

Ray C Siciak

Talat Karmo

Clifford E Maki

Daniel Paul Madison

Thomas Scott Gee

David Bell

Eric Matthew Storhok

Michael E Reibling

Stephen Thomas Kempfer

Vince Paul Solferino

Jamie Charles Hanshaw

Brian Aitken

A system for monitoring tire tread on a vehicle may include front wheels, rear wheels, a sensor network to determine rolling radius data associated with the front wheels and the rear wheels, processing circuitry which may include a memory unit and may be configured to receive the rolling radius data from the sensor network, and a user interface which may display information to an operator of the vehicle. The processing circuitry may be further configured to determine a rolling radius of the front wheels and the rear wheels, determine a difference in the rolling radius between the front wheels and the rear wheels, compare the difference in the rolling radius to a predetermined threshold value, and generate a notification via the user interface to indicate that a tire rotation may be recommended responsive to the difference in the rolling radius exceeding the predetermined threshold value.

System and method for monitoring tire tread and recommending a tire rotation service

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to calibrate a weight estimation are disclosed herein. An example apparatus comprises memory including stored instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions to determine, via a first sensor, a first load estimation of a vehicle corresponding to when the vehicle under a load condition, determine, via a second sensor, a second load estimation corresponding to when the vehicle is moving and under the load condition, and calibrate, based on a difference between the second load estimation and the first load estimation, an error of the first load estimation.

Methods and apparatus to calibrate a weight estimation

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to perform a tank turn. An example apparatus includes programmable circuitry to determine that a first brake associated with a first wheel is engaged and a second brake associated with a second wheel is engaged, the first wheel located on an end of a first axle of a vehicle, the second wheel located on an end of a second axle of the vehicle, the end of the first axle opposite to the end of the second axle, cause a first suspension to decrease a first suspension load of the first wheel, cause a second suspension to decrease a second suspension load of the second wheel, cause a first motor to drive the first axle in a first direction, and cause a second motor to drive the second axle in a second direction, the second direction different from the first direction.

Methods and apparatus to perform a tank turn

Methods and system for providing heat to a vehicle are presented, whereby a refrigerant loop is operated to heat a cabin of the vehicle via heat generated by a compressor and heat generated by a resistive heating element. The heat generated by the compressor and the heat generated by the resistive heating element are transferred to a refrigerant before it is transferred to the cabin. In one example, in a first mode, an evaporator bypass valve on an evaporator bypass conduit of the A/C system is opened to route the refrigerant around an evaporator of the A/C system to increase a temperature of the refrigerant in the refrigerant loop; and in a second mode, the evaporator bypass valve is closed to route the refrigerant through the evaporator, where heat is released to a flow of air across the evaporator that is directed to the vehicle cabin.

Methods and systems for instant cabin heat for a vehicle

Solar power generation panels added on a transportation vehicle have a layout wherein power output of the panels varies according to an azimuth orientation of the vehicle. A controller includes a database of calibration curves relating an expected power output to a respective range of the azimuth orientation according to different solar altitude angles. A self-learning sequence is performed which (a) collects a magnitude of power output while the vehicle traverses the respective range of the azimuth orientation, (b) identifies a current solar altitude angle, and (c) stores a resulting calibration curve. A parking sequence comprises (a) selecting a calibration curve according to solar altitude angle, (b) determining a target vehicle azimuth angle which optimizes a cumulative power output based on the calibration curve and solar azimuth, and (d) initiating a movement of the vehicle to orient it at the target vehicle azimuth angle.

Adaptable orientation optimization for vehicles with solar photovoltaic surfaces

Methods and systems are provided for adjusting injection timing of closely spaced multiple injections via a same injector. In one example, during an inter-injection spacing between a first injection and a second injection in a set of multiple injections being lower than a threshold period, an opening time of the second injection in the set of multiple injections may be adjusted based on another opening time of another second injection in a previous set of multiple injections.

Method and system for multiple injections

A fuel line check valve system and a fuel system that includes the fuel line diaphragm valve system are described. The fuel line diaphragm valve system may prevent flow into a fuel system that is generated via a vacuum in the fuel system. The fuel line diaphragm valve may also remain in an open state after it is open via a reduced pressure.

Fuel system diaphragm valve

Methods and systems are provided for balancing a plurality of fuel injectors. In one example, a method includes adjusting port-fuel injecting parameters in response to a learned direct injector fueling error.

Methods and systems for improving fuel injection repeatability

Methods and systems are provided for a fuel injector diagnostic. In one example, a method may include modifying an injection pattern to determine a relative fuel mass error of an injector. A fuel injector correction may be determined based the relative fuel mass error.

Methods and systems for fuel injector balancing

Methods and systems for adjusting fuel injector operation according to changes in fuel pressure during inter-injection periods are described. The inter-injection period may be before and after fuel is injected to an engine. The methods and systems described herein may be suitable for direct and port fuel injectors.

Method and system for operating a fuel injector

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to perform a tank turn. An example vehicle includes a first wheel and a second wheel, the first wheel located on an end of a first axle, the second wheel located on an end of a second axle, the end of the first axle opposite to the end of the second axle, a first suspension coupled to the first wheel, a second suspension coupled to the second wheel, and a controller to drive the first axle in a first direction, drive the second axle in a second direction, the first direction different from the second direction, and decrease a first suspension load of the first suspension and a second suspension load of the second suspension.

Systems and methods are provided for operating a port fuel and direct injection fuel system of a rolling variable displacement engine (rVDE). In one example, a method may include selecting between controlling a lift pump of the fuel system to output fuel at a mechanically limited pressure and controlling the lift pump to output fuel at a pressure lower than the mechanically limited pressure based on whether port fuel injection is used. In this way, the lift pump may be controlled without feedback from a pressure sensor, reducing system costs, while electrical power consumption increases due to operating the lift pump to output fuel at the mechanically limited pressure are minimized due to the rVDE technology, which reduces port fuel injection usage.

Systems and methods for a dual fuel system of a variable displacement engine

Methods and systems are provided for balancing fuel delivery amongst all engine fuel injectors. In one example, a method may include selectively adjusting an injection timing of one or more fuel injectors of a plurality of fuel injectors to increase an inter-injection period between two consecutive fuel injections in response to a request to balance amounts of fuel injected by the plurality of fuel injectors.

Method and system for fuel injector balancing

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Dearborn, MI, United States of America

Ross Dykstra Pursifull